Building Miss Mary

Jan 16 A couple of weeks back, I posted about a very nice Victorian housebus that had just come to my attention. The builder and owner of the bus, Paul has decided to put up a "build page", showing a large selection of old(ish) photographs of the construction of the bus and detailing some of the custom modification that help make it unique.

Paul started with a bus that already had a rough start at raising the roof, then added an obligitory VW microbus graft. Fortunately, he saw the light before it was too late and cut the bus down to a bare frame so that a proper dwelling could be built.

There are many more construction photos on his build page: www.stuffibuilt.ca/StuffIBuilt/The_Mary_Ellen_Carter.html. As of this writing, he is just writing about replacing the light-duty front axle with a class 8 truck axle to improve the handling and provide power steering. Stop over and view the creation of this beautiful bus. Myself, I'm waiting to see the photos and hear the story about the fire...

Feb 23 Updated! More photos! Additional Text! Everything enhanced! Well, OK, maybe that last is a bit of an exaggeration, but Paul has edited the page and put up more photos of the fire (Oh Nooooo!), and the most recent engine work. Click up the link above to see the additions.